Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 10:36
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 467 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 420 9,903 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 356C) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.87% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 1.84 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 2.95 Gravity 2 Splatting 2.35 2% 2.43 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.87% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5966 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 782 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81684857900 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 325 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 101 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 62 266289414186 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3320030233349 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5741 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11611 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10066 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10216 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	39.2% Below average	Read 215 Write 152 Mixed 152 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 11.1 68% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 37.1 DQ Mixed 13.1 15% 25.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 516GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 5616 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6540 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2821 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 116826 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.6% Very good	Read 137 Write 140 Mixed 99 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.28 115% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,828 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 - $69

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	249x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	221x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	175x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	310x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	291x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	100x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	39x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	110x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	73x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	63x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $156

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16